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What now for gun control? A look at the issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They

Scientists: China bird virus likely silent threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By GILLIAN WONGAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread among poultry without

Obama urges lawmakers' vote on assault weapons ban

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress - even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance of passing. Senate Democrats dropped the ban from the bill they plan to debate next month out

Ill. gov. wants appeal of concealed carry ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 13th

By SOPHIA TAREENAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he wants the Illinois attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's last-in-the-nation concealed carry ban is unconstitutional, a move that would take it before the U.S. Supreme

Ill. gov. wants appeal of concealed carry ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 13th

Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 11th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants that had already

Top contenders to be the next pope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 10th

By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of

Report details flaws in Army's handling of PTSD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 8th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - An Army report released Friday finds the service still has trouble diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, despite more than doubling its number of military and civilian behavioral health workers over the past five years.

Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 2nd

By TODD PITMANAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the pachyderm-headed Hindu deity Ganesh that go for more than $1,000 a piece to tiny tusk

Highlights of nation's most famous surgeon general

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 26th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - With a fiery drive belying the courtly beard and bow tie, C. Everett Koop led a groundbreaking fight against smoking and brought AIDS to the attention of a reluctant nation. Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name, and